At The Fair

If you were to go to a fair, what would you look forward to the most? The rides - probably not (although everyone loves the Gravitron). Maybe the games - they can be fun, but they tend to be expensive for little reward.

The best part of a local fair/carnival is the food. Fair food is never food you pursue outside of the fair, nor does it ever feel as appetizing as it does while walking around there. But, once you are in that atmosphere, corndogs and cotton candy just sound perfect. But above those foods, the most important fair food is the funnel cake.

Tonight Alex and I were headed to the diner to grab some late night grub when we passed a fair in Upper Darby. We both had a look of 'why not' on our faces and Alex swung the car around and headed into the fair. As I expected, it was filled with kids. Most in groups ranging from around 5th grade to high school, leaving Alex and I officially in the out-of-place limbo between being too old and not old enough to have our own kids there.

As soon as we walked up we both decided, most importantly, we needed to get funnel cake. The problem with this being something so universal is that the line for funnel cake was probably 30 minutes long. It was a small fair and so there was only one stand selling it. We, unfortunately, decided to pass on the delicious fried food and circled the fair, played one game (won a prize) and then headed on to the diner. The entire excursion took about 15-20 minutes but it was worth it.